Fiji U23 | |
Badge: | Flag of Fiji.svg |
Fifa Trigramme: | FIJ |
Nickname: | Bula Boys |
Association: | Fiji Football Association |
Confederation: | OFC (Oceania) |
Coach: | Rob Sherman |
Asst Manager: | Imdad Ali |
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Captain: | Roy Krishna |
First Game: | 7–0 (Melbourne, Australia; 7 November 1991 |
Largest Win: | 38–0 (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 5 July 2015) |
Largest Loss: | 10–0 (Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 10 August 2016) |
Regional Name: | Olympic Games |
Regional Cup Apps: | 1 |
Regional Cup First: | 2016 |
Regional Cup Best: | Group stage (2016) |
2Ndregional Name: | OFC U23 Championship |
2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 7 |
2Ndregional Cup First: | 1991 |
2Ndregional Cup Best: | Champions (2015) |
The Fiji national under-23 football team, also known as Fiji U23, represents Fiji at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Fiji national football team.
Fiji U23 made the maximum of seven appearances so far at the OFC U23 Championship. Their best result was a first place in 2015. They participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil for the first time, where they came in last place in their group and only scored one goal.
The OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every four years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | |||||||||
1991 | 3rd Place | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 4 | |
1996 | 3rd Place | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 10 | |
1999 | 3rd Place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 9 | |
2004 | 4th Place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | |
2008 | 3rd Place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 9 | |
2012 | 2nd Place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 12 | |
2015 | Champions | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | +40 | 11 | |
2019 | 4th Place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 6 | |
2023 | 2nd Place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 6 | |
Total | 2nd Place | 47 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 136 | 84 | +52 | 76 |
Olympic Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | |||||||
1908–1988 | See Fiji national team | ||||||||
1992–2012 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2016 | Group stage | 16 of 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | |
2020 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2024 | to be determined | ||||||||
2028 | |||||||||
2032 | |||||||||
Total | 1/7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
List of Summer Olympic Games matches | ||||
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Year | Round | Score | Result | Goalscorer |
2016 | Group stage | 0–8 | Loss | |
1–5 | Roy Krishna | |||
0–10 |
The following players were called to the squad for the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from 21 September - 5 October 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 5 October 2019 after the match against .
The following players were called to the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics from 4–20 August 2016.[1]
Caps and goals updated as of 10 August 2016 after the match against .
Position | ||
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Head coach | Rob Sherman | |
Technical Director | Timo Jankowski | |
Manager | Anushil Kumar | |
Assistant coach | Sunil Kumar | |
Assistant coach | Marika Rodu | |
Goalkeeping coach | Simione Tamanisau | |
Team Director | Tarunesh Reddy | |
Physiotherapist | Nishant Kumar | |
Physiotherapist | Varoon Karan | |
Doctor | Kapil Krishnam Swamy |